The movie, featuring Celeste Dalla Porta, Gary Oldman, and Stefania Sandrelli among others, left the Cannes audience in awe, with Sorrentino expressing gratitude for his cinematic journey.
Paolo Sorrentino's latest hymn to his native Naples, Parthenope, got mixed reviews Wednesday after debuting at the Cannes Film Festival Tuesday where the tale of a woman personifying the southern Italian city is up for the Palme d'Or. (ANSA)
The heroine of "Parthenope," Paolo Sorrentino's new coming-of-age drama, is the embodiment of the city of Naples and all its mysteries and freedoms, the Italian director said on Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival, where the film had its premiere. Newcomer Celeste Dalla Porta stars as the titular character, a long-haired beauty who enchants the men in her life, with the film following her from her birth in the waters of the Bay of Naples to her last day before retiring as a professor of anthropology.
CANNES, France (Reuters) - The heroine of "Parthenope," Paolo Sorrentino's new coming-of-age drama, is the embodiment of the city of Naples and all its mysteries and freedoms, the Italian director said on Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival, wher.
CANNES, France (Reuters) - The heroine of "Parthenope," Paolo Sorrentino's new coming-of-age drama, is the embodiment of the city of Naples and all its mysteries and freedoms, the Italian director said on Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival, wher.